We are now in a time where we need to learn how to live with COVID-19. Reopening child care centers to non-essential workers is just a matter of time. In…
Survey Results: How Childcare Centers are Operating in the ‘New Normal’
On May 12, 2020, we sent out a survey asking for centers to provide insight into how they were operating under the ‘new normal’. This included a series of questions…
The Importance Of Child Care To The COVID-19 Economy
Episode 201 – The COVID-19 crisis has had a devastating impact on child care. In this episode, we interview Lucy Recio, Senior Public Policy Analyst at NAEYC, about the state…
Guidelines for Emergency Child Care and After-School Services (Institute for Childhood Preparedness)
In episode 199 of the Preschool Podcast, we spoke with Andrew Roszak, Executive Director of the Institute of Childhood Preparedness, about how centers can build an actionable emergency preparedness plan…
Managing Mental Health During COVID-19 [Webinar]
In this session of the HiMama Helps Webinar series, we talk about how to manage your mental health during the COVID-19 crisis. With special guests Beth Cannon and Cori Berg,…
Survey: Impact of COVID-19 on Childcare Centers
HiMama conducted two surveys over the past two months on the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on childcare centers (one in March, the second in April). These survey…
Being a Child Care Leader During COVID-19
With society essentially coming to a screeching halt during the COVID-19 pandemic, everyone has been feeling a combination of confusion, anxiety, stress, fear, frustration, and pretty much every other emotion. …
COVID-19 Crisis Management for Child Care Centers
In the third session of the HiMama Helps Webinar series, we talk about crisis management during COVID-19. We cover different financial relief options, sample fee structures, and maintaining community with…
COVID-19 Financial Relief for American & Canadian Child Care Providers
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted child care providers all across the world, with centers either being required to close or parents withholding their children as a precaution. This has been…
ECE Professionals Slack Group
We have been talking to many people in the early education field in the last few weeks. First off, we hope you are safe and well as more and more…